for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 4:2 in context
Luke 4:1–5
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Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
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for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
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The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
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Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
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The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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